Outrage over the pop stars new music video brought Brazils struggle with religious intolerance into view.

The celebration of French heritage in the run-up to the Paris Olympics was unveiled on the feast day of Saint Honor, the patron saint of bakers.

Advances by Russian forces have raised fears they could bring their artillery in range of Kharkiv, Ukraines second largest city.

Sitting down for lunch with Reese Witherspoon, whose book picks have become a force in the publishing industry.

The Nobel laureate, whose precisely written stories about southwestern Ontario many considered without equal, died this week at 92.

A family struggles with daily survival and fears having to pack up again after going back to Khan Younis.

Western leaders looking for signs that the Chinese leader used his influence on President Vladimir V. Putin to end the war in Ukraine are likely to be disappointed.

The stunning incursion into the Kharkiv Region lays bare the challenges facing Ukraines weary and thinly stretched forces as Russia ramps up its summer offensive.

A system of dams and canals may soon be unable to provide water to one of the worlds largest cities, a confluence of unchecked growth, crumbling infrastructure and a changing climate.

Amid the destruction, a marketplace of survival has arisen focused on the basics: food, shelter and money.

Families grapple with anguish and isolation as they try to raise their children in a country that increasingly questions their very identity.

People who know the suspect described a weird and angry loner who wrote erotic poetry, and whose resentments ranged across the political spectrum.

Political violence and polarization stalk Europe today, with ominous echoes of the past.

When the director and crew of Io Capitano toured Senegal with their acclaimed movie, audiences responded with their life stories.

Israel said Friday that it was facilitating the flow of aid and that its operations in Rafah, which have caused 630,000 people to flee, were limited and localized.

The police believe the killer, who died in an Idaho jail, may be linked to the unsolved murders of other women in British Columbia, Alberta and the United States.

One Afghan was also injured in the attack, which many expect will hinder the governments recent efforts to lure foreign visitors.

Scientists say storms like those that battered Houston could become more intense as the planet warms, though pinning down trends is still challenging.

Soccers leaders have landed on the wrong solution. Again.

Authoritarian governments have long sought to target dissidents abroad. But the digital age may have given them stronger motives, and better tools, for transnational repression.

The tactic echoes one that Russia has used and Ukraine has ridiculed in the past.

Lawyers for Israel argued that the International Court of Justice should not grant a South African request to order an immediate halt to the ground assault in Rafah.

People have long claimed sightings of the Virgin Mary or bleeding crucifixes, and some endorsed by the Roman Catholic Church have become hugely popular pilgrimage destinations.

It is the first humanitarian aid in months to be sent to the territory by sea. Pentagon officials said that no U.S. troops entered Gaza.

The authorities have released little about the attack on Prime Minister Robert Fico, about the identity of the assailant or even about who is leading the country in the interim.

France has sent troops to quell violence in New Caledonia, where Paris is seen as backtracking on promises of self-determination.

The synagogue, in Rouen, northern France, sustained significant damage, but nobody other than the assailant was harmed, the authorities said.

FIFA said it would solicit legal advice before taking up a motion from the Palestinian Football Association to suspend Israel over its actions in Gaza and the West Bank.

President Biden is pushing for a broad deal that would get Israel to approve a Palestinian nation in return for Saudi recognition of Israel. But officials need to overcome Israeli opposition.

The sport came to Beto Gomezs small Indigenous town nearly two decades ago. Despite some resistance back home, he is now the worlds only professional kite surfer with Wayuu roots.

The Russian leader visited an institute in Harbin known for defense research. President Xi Jinping saw him off with a rare and seemingly deliberate embrace for the cameras.

Schools were closed across the city of Sevastopol, which is home to some of Russias naval fleet. The government said there were rolling blackouts.

As it concludes an epic title race, soccers richest competition is a picture of health on the field. Away from it, the league faces lawsuits, infighting and the threat of government regulation.

At a sanctuary on New Zealands North Island, the long-endangered flightless birds have grown so much in number that they are being transported to other areas to start new colonies.

Any use of U.N. forces would have to be approved by the Security Council. There first has to be peace to keep, said a U.N. spokesman.

Fighting in Rafah has closed off a vital border crossing in southern Gaza, forced hundreds of thousands to flee and cut off humanitarian aid.

The article challenges the evidence used to convict Lucy Letby, a neonatal nurse, of multiple murders last year, and has led to a debate about Englands restrictions on trial reporting.

Also, Michael Cohen kept his cool under cross-examination.

Years of vitriolic rhetoric, worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, left Slovakia with bitter political division.

The move could draw the United States and Europe more directly into the war. The Biden administration continues to say there will be no American troops on the ground.

Scientists in the United States are reporting unprecedented patterns of surface warming, an ominous sign for coral.

Russia also warned of further action, while the British foreign secretary called the expulsion a desperate move.

A deadlier version of the infectious disease is ravaging the Democratic Republic of Congo, while the type that caused a 2022 outbreak among gay and bisexual men is regaining strength.

Much of what has been seen is consistent with the aftermath of Israeli bombardment and ground operations elsewhere in Gaza since the war began last October.

Venezuelas election features an opposition candidate with a slim, if improbable, chance of defeating the countrys long-ruling authoritarian leader.

The flow of supplies through land borders has largely come to a halt since Israel began its incursion into Rafah last week.

At least one party, the opposition Progress Slovakia, said it would suspend its campaign, in a move to help end the spiral of attacks and blame.

The Louvre is joining in the celebration for the Olympics by opening up for dance and exercise classes early in the morning. Tickets sold out in a flash.

The men were killed as they were fighting in a dense area, a spokesman said, adding that the incident was under review.